Exploring the good mother hypothesis: Do child outcomes vary with the mother's share of income?

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-143

  Dooley, Martin ^a   Lipman, Ellen ^a   Stewart, Jennifer ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23644445366     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3552625     Document Type: Article

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